more on this theme | more from this thinker
Full Idea
I don't suppose that anyone with any sense would want to hunt down the definition of 'weaving' for the sake of weaving itself.
Gist of Idea
No one wants to define 'weaving' just for the sake of weaving
Source
Plato (The Statesman [c.356 BCE], 285d)
Book Ref
Plato: 'Complete Works', ed/tr. Cooper,John M. [Hackett 1997], p.329
A Reaction
The point seems to be that the definition brings out the connections between weaving and other activities and objects, thus enlarging our understanding.
| 16125 | To reveal a nature, divide down, and strip away what it has in common with other things [Plato] |
| 279 | Only divine things can always stay the same, and bodies are not like that [Plato] |
| 5961 | The soul gets its goodness from god, and its evil from previous existence. [Plato] |
| 281 | The arts produce good and beautiful things by preserving the mean [Plato] |
| 16123 | Whenever you perceive a community of things, you should also hunt out differences in the group [Plato] |
| 16124 | No one wants to define 'weaving' just for the sake of weaving [Plato] |
| 282 | Non-physical beauty can only be shown clearly by speech [Plato] |
| 22559 | Democracy is the worst of good constitutions, but the best of bad constitutions [Plato, by Aristotle] |
| 283 | The question of whether or not to persuade comes before the science of persuasion [Plato] |